Finial



July 10, 19.28. 1,676,422

H. A. BEST FINIAL Filed July 21, 1927 Patented July 10, 1928.,

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HARRY A. BEST, or oHioAGo, ILLnvoIsvAssIGivon To n. anneau LAMP COMPANY,or'

oHoAGo, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF rLLIYNo'Is. l

FINIAL.

Application filed July 21,

My invention relates to an ornamental inial for a lamp shade and theobjects O f my invention are to provide a finial c onstructed andarranged to form a mounting for a transparent or translucent ornamentalpiece which may be mounted within the. body of the iinial in a simplemanne-r permitting its ready replacement by a piece of any other desiredcolor; to provide a inial with an internal recess terminating at itsupper end with a slot which communicates with the recess and formsopposed bendable aws which are arranged to permit the passage of theornamental piece into mounting position on the linial but which can bedeformed securely but detachably to hold the p-iece in display position;to provide these and other objects of invention which will be apparentfrom a perusal of thel following specification when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a lamp shade with my finial inposition,

Figure 2 is a sec-tional Viewrshowing the internal recess for mountingthe ornamental glass therein,

Figure 3 is a side view of the finial with the jaws in closed positionto hold the glass in place, and

Figure 4 is an end cross-section showing the glass in position but withthe jaws open.

Referring now to my invention in detail, my finial is illustrated in itsusual position as threaded upon the upper end of the lamp shade rod andclamping the lamp shade in position.

The present construction aims to provide a finial adapted to form amounting for an Ornamental, colorful piece such as a transparent ortranslucent member, preferably ya piece of colored glass which may beinserted within the body of the finial in amanner such that the roughedges of the glass are completely hidden and the glass appears onlythrough registering apertures formed in the side walls of the inial. Inthis manner a bright attractive appearance is imparted to the lampshade. Furthermore by my present construction the selected piece ofglass may be quickly removed from its mounting in the finial and bereplaced by one of another color.

To these ends l provide a linial preferably et metall. formed with apreferably 1927. serial No. 207,544.

round' base 2 the interior of which is formed with a threaded borey 4 toreceive the upper end of the lamp; rod 6. This forms the means by whichthe linial screws onto the rod to clamp the shade 8 in position as iswell known. Preferably the exterior wall of thisbasal portion is given asuitably ornamental finish. lThe upper or body portion 10 of theiinialis formed relativelyl thin and broad and is provided with registeringapertures throughits flat wallsV providing an opening through which thecolored glass 12 maybe seen. The interior, of the 4body of the finial ishollow, being formed with an internal recess of desired shape; in thepresent instance I prefer to form this internal recess square or ratherrectangular in outline. It will be noticed `that the edges `14 of Jcheregistering apertures inthe side walls of the body project inwardly fromthe edges 16 forming the recess rand' they are preferably arranged in.such projectingrelationv as to form an ornamental opening as 'indicatedin kFigure 2 of the drawings. Thi/is the edges 16 of these inwardlyprojecting Vparts completely hide the marginal vportions of the glass 12as it` lies withinthe recess. Y

lThe upper portion .ofthe internal recess of the linial communica-teswith theuppe'r exterior` walls ofthe top `of the nial by means of a slot18 formed in the top thereof,

as ,y illustrated clearly inFigure 4:' ofthe drawings. This slot is of awidthequal. to the width of the internal recess so that the piece ofcolored glass or other display may be passed through this slot intomounting position. By forming the slot in this manner the opposed upperfaces of the nial are formed as opposed, bendable, jaws 20, which sincethey are relatively thin at this point, and are unreinforced and may beeasily swaged or bent together `to hold the glass in place in itsinternal recess. When ydesirable these jaws may be forced apart andanother piece of differently colored glass may be substituted to suitthe purchaser. In some instances the edges 14C may be arranged to bewhich permits it to be displayed through the body of the Finial and thatI have not only so arranged the edges ot' the aperture through the bodyo't the inial as to form an ornamental outline for the aperture aboutthe transparent piece, but I have also utilized there very ornate edgesto hide the raw edges ot the piece o'lE glass.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-` y ters Patent is l. A finial for a lamp sha-dethe bodyot which is relatively thin and has an opening therethrough, said bodyat the opening being recessed outwardly beyond the inner edges 'of theopening to provide an internal seat and the top of the body beingslotted and in communication withthe internal seat to permit theinsertion of an ornamental piece through the slot into the internalseat.

2. A linial for a lamp shade the body of Which'is relatively thin andhas an opening therethrough, said body at the opening being recessedoutwardly beyond the inner edges of the opening to provide an internal'seat Vand the top of the body being slotted and in communicz'rtion withthe internal seat to permit the insertion ot an ornamental piece`through the slot into the internal seat the opposed -top portions ofthe bodyv formed by the slotproviding spaced apart bendable jaws adaptedto be `deformed to hold the ornamental piece within its seat.

mental piece inserted in the recess and viewable through an opening inthe body.

5. A finial for a lamp shade comprising a .body having an internalrecess and an ornalower round portion having an internally threadedbore, and a relatively flat and thin body portion substantiallyarrow-shaped, the fiat portion having an opening through its 'upper partand the opening at the margins thereof extending outwardly to provide asubstantially rectangular internal seat, with the marginal edges of theopening forming an opening of different design and a portion oi theinternal seat communicating with the exterior of the body and ofsufficient size to permit the insertion of an ornamental piecetherethrough into the internal seat and a portion of the walls ot' thebody being readily deformable to hold the piece within its seat.

7. A finial comprising a relatively flat body having an internal recessopening through the edge of the body to permit the insertiontherethrough ot' an ornate piece, the body having an opening through itsside and through the recess, the opening being smaller than the internalrecess.

8. A inial comprising a relatively flat body having an internal recessopening` through the edge of the body to permit the insertiontherethrough of an ornate piece, the opening being smaller and ofdifferent design than the internal recess whereby the raw edges of theornate piece are hidden.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

HARRY A. BEsT.

